Millitary Spouses and being left behind during deployments
By WyattsMomma
@WyattsMomma (7)
United States
January 21, 2007 11:06am CST
I am an Army wife, and some days i find it very hard and wonder what have we done?!
To get though this past deployment i enrolled in nursing school and took classes full time. Now that schools over and a new deployment is on the rise, i wonder what i'm going to do to fill the void of my husband gone.
What did you do to help "pass" the time while your loved one was deployed? What was your your favorite thing to do w/out your significant other? Whad did you miss the most while they were gone?
5 responses
@MrsSgtB (289)
• United States
6 Mar 07
I keep myself busy. This is my 4th deployment. Korea was 18 months, and 2- 12 month Iraq and soon to be third. I keep myself busy busy busy. Now that I have a infant she is almost 4 months old I will be busy with her along with my other daughter that is 3.
In the past I usually lived with my parents so I had family around to help me through. This time I am staying 3000 miles away from my family and staying on base. I plan on taking the girls to parks, going site seeing, flying to wa to visit family. My inlaws live 3 hours north of me so I am sure I will go spend a few nights with them. The last deployments I worked but now I am a stay at home mom.
@asgtswife04 (2475)
• United States
19 Sep 07
I totally understand. I am an Army wife as well and this is my husband's second deployment since we've been together. we have a 16 month old daughter together and she misses him along with the rest of us. I miss the things most that i used to absolutely hate while he was home....like him tickling me just out of the blue or always jokihg around and never being serious all that much. i miss how he could make me smile even though i was mad and didn't want to. He's just a great husband. but we all get through it...military wives are built strong. we have to be!!!!!!! stay strong and if you ever need a friend i'm here to listen
@lilangel1869 (126)
• United States
22 Jan 07
My husband will be leaving for his 2nd deployment in July. This past deployment i went back home and spent alot of time with my family. The thing i missed most was his laugh and his smile. He has the best smile ever! I think this deployment i am going to just try and work as much as i can....
@buttons101 (325)
• United States
6 Mar 07
Its very hard to let your loved ones go and you hope and pray they come home safely..I just wanted to say thank you from the bottom of my heart for letting your spouses go to make our country stay free..
My husband was in the Vietnam War.. He loves his country.. He was in the Navy.. I didn't know him then.. I am sure it was hard on his first wife and child.. God Bless you and your families.
@ArmyWife (8)
• United States
25 Feb 07
I am an Army Wife, too! I think you hit the nail on the head..... keeping busy during their deployments is the key to sanity! My 2 daughters keep me very busy with their sports, choir, dancing, girls scouts.... the list goes on and on.... as well as my job (working full time). During his first, no actually his 2nd deployment to the sandbox (the first one was Desert Shield/Desert Storm) I caught myself watching way too much "news" (big NO NO!), talk about depressed..... I would sleep with the TV on and would wake up immediately to the sound of the reporter saying anything that included, "3rd Infantry Division". The 3rd deployment went much better and now we're getting ready for his 4th. My favorite thing to do without him is probably shopping, he HATES shopping, so while he's gone, I can stay at the stores for as long as I want... I miss having BBQ's while he's gone (I can't seem to master the grilling thing), I miss having a clean vehicle (he'd cry if he knew how dirty it got while he was gone) but most of all I just miss having my Best Friend around.
@nmd8403 (41)
• United States
6 Mar 07
I, too, am a military wife.
My husband has been in for 4 and 1/2 years, and we are 2 months into his second deployment. He will be gone for 10 more months.
The first 2 times, I was with my family, but now I'm alone 800 miles away.
I do have a dog, and that helps. I want to work really bad, but he's trying to get leave soon and I don't want to be working when he gets to come home for 2 weeks!
